Friday August 13, 2010
Summer Dream: A Child’s Vision
Join
us in an evening of art and poetry when the winner’s of our Summer Dream; A
Child’s Vision are unveiled at the Cambie Street Bakery. This month long exhibit
of children’s artwork and poetry will showcase the winners of our Summer Dreams:
A Child’s Vision Art and Poetry Contest. Both winners of the poetry and artwork
will be present to receive their rewards, talk about their work and give
readings. We will have cake from the bakery for all in attendance. The evening
will be opened with a talk by Author James McCann.
Friday August 20, 2010
Summer Dreams: A Night of Honour
Join
us at the Jacana Gallery, to celebrate those in the writing community who
deserve to be honoured. On the eve of the Summer
Dreams fest we will begin with a
lifetime achievement award for Susan Musgrave. We will then go on to give awards
to publishers of magazines who continue to support novice and established
writers despite cutbacks and inflation. To be honoured are Room, Event, Prism, Sub
Terrain, Geist, The Vancouver Review, The Capilano Review, and One
Cool Word. Finally, the evening will end with four special awards. Three
will be awards of merit for persons or organizations that support the writing
community. These awards come from the writing community itself. We asked for
nominations and they will be announced the night of the gala. One award will go
to recognize an individual who Pandora’s Collective feels has excelled in their
support of writers within our community. This years Citizenship Award goes to
Daniela Elza. The evening will continue with Pandora's Collective commitment to
highlighting community involvement to the public.
Amanda Hartley will play the harp for atmosphere and
embellishment, set in the background along with the mystery of it all. Mike
Peacock of Melic Thrum will be our musical featured guest. Jaime Reid will close
the evening with an evening of poetry and music. Silent Auction.
Click here for full event
details and bios.
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Jacana Gallery
2435 Granville Street
Vancouver BC
Saturday August 21, 2010
The Summer Dream Literary Arts Festival
Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park,
Vancouver (12-7pm)
The Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival is a one day
annual free event which takes place at Lumberman's Arch, in beautiful Stanley
Park. This event is an outdoor festival which brings together, showcases and
celebrates the on-going literary events, programs and resources available in
the community. The line up is a combination of literary performances, dancers,
local bands, panel discussions, open mics etc. Some of this year’s performers
include Evelyn Lau, Betsy Warland, Brad Cran, Ms. Spelt, Vancouver’s own Theatre
In the Raw and more. There is also a children's area with puppet shows, music,
story tellers, face painting and craft tables. There will be information tables
showcasing community groups and resources.
Please see below for details. Also visit us here: http://sites.google.com/site/summerdreamsfest/home
Tuesday
August 24th, 2010
Word Whips Writing Series
Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts and the opportunity for
sharing. Ten - fifteen minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip
up. Hosted by Bonnie Nish and Sita Carboni. This month’s theme will be focused
on Summer Dreams.
Time:
6:30 - 8:30pm
Location:
Britannia Library, Gallery Room,
1661 Napier
Street, Vancouver, BC
Saturday August 21, 2010
Summer Dream Literary Arts Festival
Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park (12-7:30pm)
MAIN STAGE:
Poet: Susan Musgrave
12:00 – 12:30 Welcome and Opening Reading:
Poet, Susan Musgrave
12:30 – 12:45 Poetry Readings:
Burnaby Writers Society/Inkspot; Sally Reesman
12:45 – 1:00 Poetry Readings:
Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art, Kelsey Savage, Fraser Readman,
Christianne Hayward
1:00 – 1:15 Poetry Slam:
Vancouver Poetry Slam; Johnny MacRae
1:15 – 1:30 Story Telling:
The Writers Studio- Clarrisa Green
1:30 – 1:45 Announcements
1:45 – 2:15 ♫♫: Sandy Bone
2:15 – 2:30 Poetry Readings:
Vancouver Artists Collective, Steve Locke
2:30 – 2:45 Poetry Readings:
Word Whips, Warren Dean Fulton, Christy Hill
2:45 – 3:00 Feature: Ms. Spelt
3:00 – 3:15 Multi Cultural Readings:
World Poetry Reading Series, Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro
Mujica-Olea, Masume Mahasti, Persia, Anita Aguirre Neveras. Philippines
3:15 – 3:30 Announcements
3:30 – 4:00♫♫:
Wailin’ Wayne and the Pain
(Spike McKinley, Wailin’ Wayne Pattern, Andre Rahut, Michel
Drouin)
4:00 – 4:15 Story Telling:
Vancouver Story Slam, Clint Father Goose Wilson
4:15 – 4:30 Poetry Readings: Poetry
Around the World, Lucia Gorea, Alara Bretanne, Kyle
Christensen
4:30 – 4:45 Featured Poet:
Heather Haley
4:45 – 5:00 Poetry Readings: Wax
Poetics, Diana Itebu.
5:00 – 5:30♫♫: Jess Hill
5:30– 5:45 Poetry Readings:
Canadian Authors Association: Ben Nuttall-Smith,
Bernice Lever, Lilija Valis
5:45 – 6:00 Poetry Readings:
Word Whips North Shore Edition, Fran Bourassa, Christy Hill
6:00 – 6:15 Story Telling:
Vancouver Storytellers, Mary Gavin
6:15 – 6:30 Poetry
Readings: Twisted Poets, Bonnie Nish, Daniela Elza,
6:30- 7:00 Radio Show: Theatre
In The Raw
7:00-7:30 Feature Poet: Evelyn
Lau
(View
performers bios)
Musicians: Sandy Bone, Jess Hill, Spike McKinley
GRANVILLE STAGE:
Poet and Author: Betsy Warland
1:00 - 1:20 Welcome and Opening Reading:
Vancouver Poet Besty Warland
1:20 - 2:00 Panel Discussion: A Cross Cultural Conversation:
As poets, we tend to hang out
with poets whose writing and thinking is similar to our own. What happens when
poets who differ in their practice and production (such as print-based poets &
spoken word poets/book poets & web poets)have a conversation with one another?
Moderator: Betsy
Warland Panelists: Jabez Churchill, Susan
Cormier, Daniela Elza, RC Weslowski, Alex
Winstanley,
2:00 – 2:15 Feature Poet:
Catherine Owen
2:15 – 2:30 Open Mic: sign up on site at Granville Stage
2:30 -2:45 Announcements
2:45 -3:15 Spoken Word & Music:
Dennis E. Bolen and Soressa Gardener performing The Somme
Wheat Field 1989
3:15 -3:30 - Featured Poet:
Jabez Churchill
3:30 – 4:10 Panel Discussion:
Writing and Healing: Entrance to the Secret Garden of the Self:
Poet-Physician William Carlos
Williams saw each patient as “material for a work of art,” and called medicine
“the thing which gained me entrance to the secret gardens of the self.” Drawing
on this tradition, five poets (physicians, nurses and lay healers) will discuss
how their poetry has been shaped by their involvement with trauma and healing
work.
Moderator: Rachel Rose.
Panelists: Wayde Compton, Marni Norwich, Catherine Owen, Nilofar Shidmehr,
Karen Shklanka
4:10 – 4:25 Poetry & Music:
Spillious Speak and Sing
4:25 – 4:40 Announcements
4:40 – 5:10 Literary Game Show: Host: Warren Dean Fulton
5:10-5:50 Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion:
New Media: Surfing the Tsunami
Ready to catch the curl of New Media like
Facebook, Twitter, & ______? Will you ride the wave, drown in indecision, or
just get left behind in the backwash? Explore the currents and calamities of an
ocean of marketing potential.
Moderator: Sylvia Taylor.
Panelists: Trevor Battye, Dennis E. Bolen, SR Duncan,
Lorraine Murphy
5:50 -6:05 Open Mic: sign up on
site at Granville Stage
6:05- 6:30 Feature Poet: Brad
Cran
(View
performers bios)
CHILDREN'S STAGE:
Children’s Author Tiffany Stone
1:00 – 1:15 Announcements
1:15 – 1:45 Opening Children’s Performer : D'Arcy Stainton
1:45 – 2:15 Author: Tiffany
Stone
2:15 – 2:45 Author: Lee Edward Fodi
2:45 – 3:15: Children’s Performer: VPL Puppets on Parade Mary
Duffy
3:15 – 3:45 ♫♫ Dancers D'Hercy Dance Co
3:45 – 4:00 Announcements
4:00 – 4:30 Author: James McCann
4:30 – 5:00 Author: kc dyer
5:00 – 5:30 Readings: Vancouver Public Library Book Camp Readers
5:30
– 6:00 Children’s Performer: VPL Puppets on Parade
Mary
Duffy
(View
performers bios)
SUMMER DREAMS
WRITERS WORKSHOPS:
Adult Instructors: Shannon
Rayne, Warren Dean Fulton and Jaz Halloran.
Location: On-site Cost:
$25 Pre-registration required. Contact:
blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca
Warren Dean Fulton
is the
editor/publisher of Pooka Press. For the past 15 yrs he has been publishing
poetry in a number of delightful ways. Everything from somewhat standard poetry
chapbooks & books, from the likes of well known writers like George Bowering,
bill bissett, rob mclennan & others, to playful approaches w/ collectible poetry
ephemera.
Workshop:
12:30-2:00 pm
chapbooks, broadsides, postcards & other ways to get your words out there.
A hands-on workshop, w/ samples, demonstrations, & step-by-step instructions on
a variety of imaginative techniques & designs for making chapbooks, broadsides,
postcards, &/or zines. We will be using many different approaches to these
projects, including: stencils, rubber stamps, paints, collage, decoupage,
typography, folding, staples, glue, tape, brass fasteners, sewing, & various
papers. Supplies are included & provided by workshop facilitator. Come away from
this workshop w/ a number of ways to better showcase yr words.
Shannon Rayne
is a performance poet with a deep love for the stage. She was a performing
member of the eclectic improvised ‘Young Lungs” collective and the Winnipeg
Poetry Slam team.. She has performed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word,
the Vancouver International Storytelling Festival, and Under the Volcano
Festival. Her poetry has appeared in various journals and media including:
Memewar Magazine, Quills, the Feathertale Review and is forthcoming in One Cool
Word. Shannon has led writing and performance workshops for writers at all
levels of experience for the past five years.
Workshop Time
2:00-3:30:
How to Engage a *Listening* Audience with Your Written Words. This fun
workshop will focus on how to read your written words in an engaging way to
transform your poetry/book reading into an event (or poem) to be remembered.
The workshop will present many different strategies and practical advice on:
selecting the best poems/stories to read out loud, breaking through
nerves/anxiety, knowing/targeting your audience, using the breath as vehicle to
make your words sparkle, changing the speed, pitch and volume of your words and
how to leave an audience wanting more.
Each strategy
provided will be accompanied by a practical exercise for participants to
practice their new skills in using their voices, bodies and breathe to read
their written words in a way that will be engaging, dynamic and most
importantly, will leave your audience wanting more of your words! There will be
an opportunity for everyone to practice, and share their readings with the
group.
Jaz
Halloran
is an art director and designer for OCW Magazine and has improvised with Urban
Improv, Instant Theatre, and Vancouver Theatresports League. His creative work,
whether art, design, or comedy, is deeply influenced by the improvisational
process.
Workshop
3:30-5:00
The Secret to Good Ideas
Break through writer’s block, summon fresh ideas, and unleash your natural
creativity in this improvisation workshop hosted by OCW Magazine’s Jaz Halloran.
In this open and fun environment participants will uncover the secret to
summoning good ideas. Through various group and individual exercises, including
“take home” activities for continuing your practice at home, both beginner and
accomplished writers – or those active in any creative discipline – will get in
touch with their natural creativity and will learn strategies for starting new
projects or getting over lulls in the creative process.
Children’s Workshop Instructors: Heather Susan Haley, James
McCann Location: On-site Cost: $25
Pre-registration required. Contact:
blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca
James
McCann:
Growing up on the
icy plains of Manitoba, James McCann spent most of his time as a teen reading
comics and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Both of these hobbies taught him his
storytelling tools that he now uses as an author and
creative writing instructor. He is the author of Rancour (first released in 2005
with a second edition due in 2010), Pyre (2007), and Renegade (TBA). His first
sports book with Orca Book Publishers, Flying Feet, came out in 2010.
As well as mentoring youth in creative writing, he has worked part-time at
Vancouver Kidsbooks for the last seven years. Unlike the creatures of the night
of which he typically writes, he lives peacefully in the daylight with his Shih
Tzu, Conan..
Workshop Time
12:30-2:00: Mapmaking Workshop for the Creative Mind.
This 60-minute workshop includes readings
from his books, a talk about what inspired him to be a writer and his famous
map-making/creative writing workshop. Be prepared to discuss what makes an
interesting character, settings that feel real and plots that pop off the page!
This is ideal for those with a manuscript in hand but no idea what to do with
it, but will also be invaluable with those who have an idea and not a clue how
to get it started. All
proceeds from this workshop go back to the festival. Thank you James.
Heather
Susan Haley: Poet,
author, musician and media artist Heather Haley pushes boundaries by creatively
integrating disciplines, genres and media. Published in numerous journals and
anthologies, her poetry collections Sideways (Anvil Press) and Three
Blocks West of Wonderland (Ekstasis Editions) have been described as ³supple
and unusual,² ³brawny and uncompromising.² She was an editor for the LA
Weekly, publisher of Rattler and the Edgewise Cafe, one of Canada's
first electronic literary magazines. Architect of the Edgewise ElectroLit
Centre, the Vancouver Videopoem Festival and See The Voice: VISIBLE VERSE at
Pacific Cinémathèque, her works have been official selections at dozens of
international film festivals. Haley has gained renown as an engaging performer,
sharing her poetry and music with audiences around the world. Most recently she
toured eastern Canada and the U.S. in support of her critically acclaimed AURAL
Heather CD of spoken word songs, Princess Nut.
Workshop Time
2:30-4:00: W O R D G A M E S -
Poetry Workshop for Kids. By providing a safe
environment along with a series of word games and amusing writing exercises,
Heather Haley incites and inspires young people to give voice to their
expression in verse.
INFO TABLES:
Find out what's
happening in the literary arts community. Meet the people that make it all
happen. Brochures and displays will be available from a variety of groups
including the Canadian Authors Association,
Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art,
Federation of BC Writers, Grind Writers, One Cool
Word,
Pandora’s Collective, Poetry Around the World, Vancouver Poetry House, Vancouver
Storytellers, Wax Poetic/Co-op Radio, World Poetry Reading Series.
OPEN MICS:
Don’t forget that you can read your poems at the festival on
the Granville Stage during the open mic sections.
Times:
2:00 – 2:15 pm &
5:50 – 6:05 pm
PANDORA’S
COLLECTIVE
FACE PAINTING & ARTS &
CRAFTS:
Express your inner self! Free face painting and crafts.
ORGANIZERS:
Festival Director:
Bonnie Nish, Executive Director Pandora’s Collective
Organizing Committee:
Rhonda Milne, Board Director
Warren Dean Fulton, Program Director
Steve Duncan, Publicist
Volunteer Coordinator:
Sarah Martin
SPONSORS:
(The sponsors list will be updated shortly. Thanks to all our sponsors for their
support.)
Grants:
2009 Celebrations Grant
c/o The City of Vancouver
&
The Office of Cultural Affairs
The Writers’ Union of Canada
The Canadian Arts Council
Financial Donations:
The Burnaby Writers Society
The Federation of BC Writers
ICBC
Industrial Alliance Pacific Life Insurance Company
International Web Express
KSA Capital
The Writers’ Union of Canada
Mary Duffy
Bernice Lever
Irene Livingston
Franci Louann
Sue McIntyre
Don Simpson
Joyce Statton
Robin Susanto
Gifts in Kind:
3 Day Novel Contest
Bandidas Taqueria
BC Poetry
Ashok
Bhargava
Brooklyn Designs
Cambie Street Bakery
Capilano Review
CBS Outdoor
Chill Factor Design
Dairy Queen/Orange Julius
Demarc Systems
Gojo Little Africa Cafe
Hair By Gina and Company
Illusions Studio and Spa
Lindsay Diehl
Event
Geist
Ibrahim
Honjo
Invis-Feisal & Assoicates Mortgage Consulting
Jaffer Speech and Language Services
Zahida Jaffer
Hollywood 3 Cinema
Matrix
Karen McAthy
Nester's Market
not50productions
One Cool Word
Pane Formaggio
Prism
Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine
Room
Simply French Cafe
Starbucks
Sullivan
Optometry
subTerrain
Theatre in the Raw
VanCity
Vancouver Parks Board
Vancouver Review
Vancouver Storytellers
HOSTS:
Dennis E. Bolen, Mary Duffy, Steve Duncan, kc dyer, Daniela
Elza, Warren Dean Fulton, Jaz Halloran, Kyle Hawke, Randy Jacobs, James McCann,
Shannon Rayne, Trevor Spilchen.
VOLUNTEERS:
Adrian Snashall, Alan Hill, Ali
Denno. Amanda Hartley, Barry Swanson, Becca Denno, Bernice Lever, Brian M
Nelson, Carol Harnshaw, Christy Hill, Daniel Chen, David Shewell, Dennis E.
Bolen, Diana McNamara, Donna Creamore, Eva Waldauf, Fran Bourassa, H. Pummy
Kaur, Hendrik Beune, Jabez Churchill, James McCann, Jason Fleury, Jennifer
Merasty, KC Dyer, Kevin Mullan, Kim Navyer, Kirsten Whitney, Kyle Hawk , Lesie
Nelson, Lucia Gorea. Marni Norwich, Mark Hughes, Mark Williams, Mary Duffy, Mary
Martin, Maureen Egan, Mike Peacock, Monica Dee, Natasha Boskic, Olga Livshin,
Phyllis Basset, Rhonda Milne, Roger Howie, Robin Susanto, Sarah Martin, Sharon
Taylor, Shazia R., Sita Carboni, Spike McKinnley, Soressa Gardener, Stephen
Karr, Steve Duncan, Suzy Malcolm, Taslim Jaffer, Trevor Spilcehen, Trina
Ferguson, Wanda John, Warren Dean Fulton, Zahra Abdulla.
SOUND:
not50productions
Barry Swanson
LOCATION:
Lumberman's Arch, in
beautiful Stanley Park
Concession stands, public washrooms, the
children's water park and the sea wall are all just steps away!
The following Information was referenced from the Vancouver Aquarium’s web site.
Parking Lots
Pay parking is in effect in
parking lots and on roadways throughout Stanley Park. Pay parking is operated by
Central Parking Systems: Info line: 604-684-8922, Office: 604-684-6634 (Mon-Fri,
8am-5pm. Address: 1440 West Pender Street
Public
Transportation
Translink Bus and Skytrain Routes. For your convenience the most common routes
are listed below:
1. Take the #19
Bus to Stanley Park, it runs along W. Pender.
2. Take the
#135, running along West Hastings, to Burrard Street and connect to the #19 bus
on W. Pender & Georgia.
3. Take the
Skytrain to Burrard Station and connect to the #19 bus on W. Pender & Georgia.
Check
www.translink.bc.ca.
Festival Media Links:
Truman Fulton-McLean, who happens to be Warren Dean Fulton’s son, was
interviewed by the Province.
http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Kids+have+write+stuff/3388701/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
There was also a photographer that who filmed Truman and there is a clip of him
reading his poem. http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Kids+have+write+stuff/3388701/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Steve Duncan interviews Bonnie Nish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5U_F_FkGVc
Previous Festivals and Events:
2009
Summer Dream Literary Arts Festival (view photos)
2008 Summer
Dream Literary Arts Festival (view photos)
2007 Summer
Dream Literary Arts Festival (view photos)
2006 Summer
Dream Reading Festival (view photos)
2005 Summer
Dream Reading Festival (view photos)
2004 Summer Dream
Reading Festival
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